After a very busy weekend (2 wonderful clients totaling 7 hours of work on Sunday) I had planned for my Monday to be a relaxing day. Everyone needs a day off to unwind, right? This is what my plan looked like: early morning workout followed by some quality time in my garden. My roses, geraniums and petunias are all begging for attention which I was going to give them happily. I was also going to do a little weeding and pruning. After that, I planned to take the July issue of the Oprah magazine and relax in the sunshine in my garden.
I know you can tell by the way I’m writing this that none of that happened. Well, I pulled out of my driveway and the warning low tire pressure alarm came on in my car. So, I pulled back up the driveway and asked my husband to look at the offending tire. Sure enough, it needed air but worse than that the tire had a slash in it and a huge bulge toward the rim.
I did go and workout. I figured there was nothing I could do about my tire problem at 7:30 in the morning. When I got back I made an appointment to have the tire changed on my car. So, here I sit writing this blog while my car is being fixed. No gardening will happen this morning and it certainly wasn’t relaxing. But, if I turn this around there is a bright side. My car tire didn’t blow as I was driving along the highway. I am often driving on the highway, so I am thankful that didn’t happen! I didn’t have a client this morning that I would have had to reschedule. I brought work with me so that I could make good use of the time I am spending waiting. All things considered it could have been worse.
What do you do when the plans you made can not be carried out? Do you have a back-up plan? Do you consider your options and make the best out of whatever the situation turns out to be?
I find that if I keep myself focused on my priorities things generally speaking have a way of working out. So, I didn’t get to work in my garden this morning and I wasn’t able to read the Oprah magazine. On the bright side, I got some computer work done, the tire didn’t blow on the highway causing me to have a breakdown, my tire will be fixed in a few minutes and I will be on my way! My garden and magazine will be there when I get home.